Dr. Michael R. Norton BDS FDS RCS(Ed) graduated from the University of Wales, School of Dental Medicine, in 1988. He runs a world-renowned practice dedicated to implant & reconstructive dentistry in Harley Street, London. He is a specialist in Oral Surgery and in 2007 was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, without examination, for his contribution to the field of implant dentistry. In 2013 Michael was made Adjunct Clinical Professor to the Department of Periodontology at the Ivy League Dental School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael is Past President (2017-2018) & Life Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration (AO) and is Past President (1999-2001) and Honorary Life Member of the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI), UK. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants (JOMI) and also serves as a referee for a number of other peer-review journals.  

Michael is widely published in the literature including one of the earliest Quintessence textbooks on the subject published in 1995.